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•I VOL|JMN 17 R«. 21 DURHAM. N. C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY MAY •, lt37> m c s i»

H ' o m e n Fordsd To V\^ork^lh V^ater -h p "Jo 1 heir K nees

MISS. STUDENTS VOTE FOR QAVAGAN ANTI-LYNCHING BILLCouple Barely Miss Deatli When Home Is Shatterd By Early' Morning Blast

One of the moat heinous cri'Des In the history of Durham was afr. tempted fc«re Tuesdayc morning »t 2:30 when the homS of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Walksr located at 410 Piedmont Ave., \vaa dyna­mited while both of them slept. Both Mr. and’ Mrs. W at\er n«r-

~rowly eMaped death ;\t the hands M .would h a _ juuaaian,-ti^ eharire of dynamite niianing tha feed in which they were sleeping only »bout a foot.

The blast which tore the room under w>ich it was. set so badly

- that it-wu-4m £it -fet -occupancy, lifted the bed in which' Hr. and Mrs. W^alker were sleepinjr to the top of the ceiling. Practically every window in the ^louse was shattere<^^d thi plastering' tom from l^e walls. Bad the chaise been set' directl^ under the bed as it apparently wa9 intended both ocflupants would ^ v e doitbt- ]ess met death', ' !

When interviewed iit his home Tuesday morning by a represen­tative t>f the “Caroling Times Mr. 'Walker >^ted that jijb'had no idea who attempted to take his life. So far as he knew he had no avowed enemies.

Ski«|Mag in another part of the WalVer home were threp children of the couple who were unharm­ed. Although the parents of the

children show no signs of the dy­namiting, Mrs. Walker is suffer­ing from a nervous attack brought about \>y the sudden ex­plosion, -

The lu>UBe is owned by Mr. aind ift*. Walker whd purchased it frdm Attorney Lathxop More- head about 1^ years ago. They have been living there since that

CO M M ISSIO N ER NATIONAL HOSPITAL DAY TO

C»SERY^D AT LINCOLN

HOSPITAL MAY 12th

Dr. W. Geor|r« Avant, pastu* of the Pine Street Presbjrterian church who was elected commis­sioner to the Cr^iieral Assembly of his church which meets at Co­lumbus, Ohio May 26 to June 2. Dr. Avant k a membec of Yad­kin Preeribytery.

time and according to Mr. Wal­ker H ve had no trouble with persons in the immediate vicin^y or elsewhere. It wiuj hi« opinion that the bljMt was probably in­tended for’ anotkter person, and that the attempted killer got his house mixed up with ano^et-

Police we working On "tl«e Casg knd have promisied dl^elj>p-ments. At the scene of tbe blatit- ing crowds continued to come and go throughout the weelt

The annual commencement ex- eyciMS at Hillside High! School

‘ i i l b ^ in Friday, May 28*h %lth the Junior-Senior Pirom. The second event on the com­

mencem ent proj^am will take ^Uce ^unday morning. May 30,

a t which time the baccalauvoate sermon will be delivered by Ror. Miles Mark FisHer at White Rock Baptist Churclt| *t 11 o’clock.

On Monday, May 3li 8t00 dock, a sprang ^shioH' shciv

sponsored by Mrs. u . A. Wins­low will toe t>resented for the benefit of the school. Tueaday night, June 1, will be "Cla'M Nigfct" ^ .esday June J, will l>fl_ a]so-1)i^*Ppfn House Day.’* All members 'of the P. T. A.' ani friends will be- 'iw^ited td visit the school on this day. . Spccial exhibits of the Home iEkonomic sAd Manual Training Depart­ments will ibe open to th« gene­ral public, Wednesday, June 2,

The graduating exercise 'vfili be held Thursday, June S. Thli's are 90 members of the class whji| will be awarded diplomas at tfllil time. The Theme for c^m enite- ment is “Our Public Schools^ (I) Yesterday,; (b) Today; (cy akd TomoitfoWi There will be thres, student speakers. Six of the honor students in the class are partici­pating in an elimmatiott content that will be presented Thursday. May 20 in. the schlool auditorium. Hitese students are: ' i_ Beatrice Edwar<lfei^ftbecca ChrMmas, Ida Isler, l ^ i e B ajic^ , lEIdward Nprri^, aijd f A m d^y ^*wrenc»., '^ e ' meiH?l|«nti^to^e:

city schools H l&e in§o3aced &y W. F.

W ^ren, Superintendent of the p i» Schools, who ^ 1 also pro- sej^ sch(^rsh{ps to imembers i of th« graduating claA. Waanamaker, Chairmai^"’if" |li

Wednesday, Ib y is th is *'Na|*l ftoiapltalj D«y.^ UncolA Hospiial

|h e people o | Durham t» . ■ i t on beeoma

wUp aetivitiiiir Ko Effort W0 lia’ maiae by tha Sospi- tal tW l|^tcit funds a« this is not a part of the program of National Koi Mtal Day. The iSenior and Junior laady Soarda will be hos- tesses and serve refreshments to the visitors,.

The following program has been Ar4«nged for the day:]|0 A. M. ^ 5 P. M: Coadneted Tours—Patrol -Girls Assisting.3 P, If. —• '5 P. M; Tea Nures Home—Young Women of the Freshman Class N. C. College for Negroes and Senior ClMa of Hillside Park High School.7:30 P. M. — 9 P. M: Dr. G. M, Leiby, North CarOli&a State Bdard of Health, Raleigh, H,C,

Admisson Free—Hillside Par>< High School Auditoriubi.

i;i;hibita will be dispUyed by e a ^ department of the JSospltal.

O^r Hospital wants to see old friends and make new frienda. Come and get acquainted lUfd bring your friends.

Literature will bo dis

DYNAMITED HOME AND ONE OF OCCUPANTS fuh White Schools Get m Frojn Connty But

Ifegro Schools Get $21,000J A h ^ E S E. SOUTHIRLAND

SUfccUMBS a t WHITTED

STREET HOME

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T he alMve photo i* th a t o f 0 « c a r W allcer, (taniliB li in ' o fJ ^ m a whick wm» d r n a n i te d « a r ly T uetdajr m o rn in g w hiki M r. W al­k er an d hi* w ife a lep t in th e roein u n d e r wJitch the d y nam ite wm» placed . Tkei U a»t U ew th e bed in w hich M r. W alker and. hi* w ife w ere U eeping to th e top iof tlie hou*e. T he hole caused by th e ex- p losion can ea«ily b e *een a t th e r ig h t o f M r. W alker.

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RAIFOJ^, Fla., 'May 6— (Bytributed ihrough the courtesy >f: R^fihardMn fpi; ANP|;^There are

Mutual Life Insurance Co., «4v«|#l{ dozeA N*egrjf wf.men 'Wf.r-N. C.N. C. State Board of Health, Parke Davis and Company and the Metropolitan Life Insui«nce Company.

in the fields, soipeiitimcs in wil<|er nearly Isaees.^inall kinds, of weather a t the Fla. State ptison, officials of two

leading' Negro organizations were in fo ro ^ . ^ . a recent visit* to the

No ^S^S^^iona were m ad^ior periodic,^! illnesses of the wothenf during i^which stand­ing in w a t^ mighty seriously im-

C o a ti 'i l^ d on, ;^ K « 'e ig h t

James tEdgar Southerly band of Mrs. Laura M< Southerland died suddenly Thursday at 12' o^clock noon at his home MH)*! Whitted Street as the result of a heart a tta ^ . \Mr. Soi^herland had been in declin­ing health for "nore than four years having suffered an iniury se^ral years ago whfle working as | an employe o f the American Ti^bacco Company

'ilh^deceasetf was bom iil ChUt- \|<^jinty the aon of ijimd

Mrs. IKorace Sbutherlana, and had lived, m iHurham for moro than 40 %e4m At the time of his death he had b«eti married about 29 ye«fS.’*T ----

TAv«nty two ^eara ago the de- ceasjed jtolned, White Roek Baptist ^hurch.l,F4r a hvn(i* her of y ^ ^ l^ ihad sung in the church and hlw'served lassecretary of the Bataca . Riye Class. 1;, (■ Ir

In addition to hi^ wife, Mr.. Southerland is survived by five children namely: John, Iforfleet, and Willie Southerlaid; Misses Marion and Madeline Souther­land ^ of Durham. One brother William Southerland also sur­vives. __

Although ni^ complete a t the time of going to press the fune­ral will ItkelyL be held a t the White Rock Baptist churchf Sun­day afternoon. Intei^ent will be atHhd New City, Cametery _ on Fayetteville Road.

IN REVIVAL

j F i i i a i P l a n s F o r Hiii§idfe|CoMeg6" Students Near DuckG o m m e n c c m c n t — i

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WPA TO HOLD EXHIBIT

,f»JNClPAL CITIES OF STATEr " I

AlfrMi Ed||ar Sniith, A^ministra- tlv« A**i«(taai Vo Adnili^stlrator Hopklaa Will Joumay Prom

Washington To Addrc** Pttblic Meetii^s

KALEiGH—Accjsrding to a le- lease srot from tb'e office of Obul^d b< Pearson, WPA Con-

•n Nigro Affairs, 'iif N. arrangements ate now

for tl^ h o t^ng^f an jVoca^onal Opportu •

iet- t^e Works ’Pregress

: : ; i i T ‘ , ; : ; T R e < ;^ ^ - f Edu-^ti^. w n i ^ ^ ^ tDay and a specUl program will the diplomas. .be preaanted in chapel during the ■' .3 ’’f fW«r;iii^ a t which time honfcrs Miiw Bvm Phtter^li & sp |P in ir and awards will bp presented a few dajns 'srtth f i^ d s in 'w c k / meritorious students. Mount, * 'r ‘

Admiioistration./AIf)^d Edgar Smith,

Durham,

Achhinis- Assistant,ifrom Washing-

jopned to the state te te in the several meet-

in AshviUe, Char- i-Sidem,' Q r^& ^orq [ion. and

JACXSON, Mias., May 6,— (A NP)-i—I^^pite the ravings of Southern Congressni^ * against federal anti-lynchin^-- legislation on the ground 0 a t fheir consti­tuents are oi#6Sed, young South­erners are opposed to mob and w an t^ federal ||a tu te against »t, if a taken '||l MUIsaps college iiH any c ri^ i^ ^ .' '

Millsaps'pSllege is located here a t Jackson riot far from ttie Duck

Mr. Smith! will addless the seve­ral groups on the work of the ad­ministration and Moving picture-) wi b sound effects will Fe"shown depicting the program of the Vo­cational Opportunity E^hibil s, atid the program of allied gover­nmental agencies

Hie meeting which will beg"! «n er about the 12th of May through the 20th will be announ* eed later as to- apecif^e date* for the respective cHies. ;

1 H ill, sectioA where the double torch lynching of two colored men took place as Co^gress^ de­bated the >Gavagan bill. In a vote taken l* st week by the Pui-ple and White, v^eekiy student news­paper, 159 : flf, the school’s 400 students (declared themselves in favbr of th e ’davagan measure to only SS-'against it. The remaii.-ing students did not vo te .' ___

The 2 to 1 majority for federal anti-lynching legi^tton_4Kas .m- turned after the Gavagan bill wafi strongly supported by *a edi- ,|«i:ial in the ^udent ^ p e r cap- itioned, "Do You Unction Mur­der?’' A mass meetin^g was also held to securetj student opinion openly before the poll Was Wken.

Mrs. !Eart Grandy 'a^m panied by her. sister-in-law attmded the gn’aduatioii exercises of iiiittle R ^er High School ea iSs>o9^ evening. • ■

SUES FLETCHER HENDERSON FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT

DBS MOINES, ia.. May 6,— (ANPy ^ e t^ e r Henderion. famous danc« band leader, was named defiradatit in a suit for

filed by Atty.J. NAlMn ThoD ^m , president of the tYodpt#jil«ib which spon­sored a ^ a o d iv ,.J^ Nov. 25 a t whic1> He>tdei;|on' failed iqppeazr

Mr. Tiiomp^n ehari^s "breach of iWntiSict }a that no notice of canc^llatioti of the dance was i^ven the J|lt ||rpdueto club or the musieiaas unien, although a de­posit had bten made on the cobt tract. Kotice- of tiie suit was sei , ved fledereoQ when he appeared a t a danct in Des Moines lest

N#»ed dttfendaois, along with B «i^fiton, |r« Sd Fox, hia maom-

ConpoUdated-Radio Artk»a, Hendtraen

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Rev. W. ,<?i Willliamson, for­mer pastor of the Mt." Vernon church of this city^jwho will con­duct a revival from May IT to 21st for the Rev. P. O. Bass, pas­tor o 'jthe First B*pUst church of ^id^oipe. Rev, Bass is also a

^ rh a m minister. Rev. W iU ^ o n & well knovm in N. C^trolina ministerial grdops as 6ne «utstandp|f preachersof the^ace. V V

SOOt H’S OI^LY • B O T T U l^

FIRM PROSPERS ^

HOUSTON, Tex., May 6 ,^ 3 r John'i^. Thompson for iU'TP)— One of|the only Negro owmed antf operated 'bottling companies in# Southwest is the Crown BotUiH|( Works in this city, eslabUshgtHi^ La%ey Jones in 1913. T h i^ o n - ^em weaihered the "depri^- ion' and despite adverse Business conditions has tHived and b9 w stands as a mdnument to tiie for«^ thought' and perseverance . o | Jones.

nse year^” output o f tWSi «f!W- pany is over £01000 bettles at soft . drinks and Mr. Jones esti- m ^ s ie has sold over a q iu r t^ mulibn bottles since Parting. ISis b u ^eea serves both andcolorid dealers, but deals mostly witit Negroes. He aj lpe his pro­ducts to maay »irii>«adhMr some of it going aa fac aa G alrv^ ton. He eeaidoys five m m tike TMur round; iraa ffve u n e .ig iie ^ for fa r deUviprf : h u anJi«aeB<Mt_

C'e*tiwwd e^-’ *

The .h e re to fe^ s^ isput^dleadership of Dttrham Negree*,' vested in Dr. James E. Shepard and C, C. Spaulding, hung in the balances here this week when a letter from the former and a tele­gram from the latter, protestia^ the unequitable distribotieB ef e> ducatienal fun<Hi by the tiie rit7 and xounty failed to bring the ze- salts desired by tte Committee am. Ni^ro Affairs.

The letter sent by Dir. Shepard was addressed to the Charinaaa; of “Ihe Boaef of Education and dealt with tiw failure of Board Education to complete the cw - stroctiof^-of Whitted Scfc^ Shepard in h» letter said in par as follows: The Whitted School building baa no anditoirium, and the rteachen are put to a s ir^ : deal of inconvenience in teaehinf

^as the building ia. so arrangad at a t prMent, and there was a pro­mise on the part of some that

school would be finished and i ^ e the Koel o fthc colo­red pMple of Durham.

“’ i l e J do no know the #ijf of 'S rf board of eda«>«

tion in regrad ^ the building of schola in the City of i^Durhattf. I do know tta t o^^the pme%, of the colored people^S ^^fili^ general dissatisfaction are notgetting the kind bf deal which would make t^em sa t^ ied with the attitude and progress of our system, especially as it reli^tes to tke colored people of Du|hara.

“T!;is buOding program u vital to us. It is not simply a que^ion a generosity, hut it » 'm qtfettias^ practically of life and deaj^ aa it means as much or more to iny group as it does to the wkita g^up. I am jealous ef the good name of Durham. I take a par­donable pride in the achieve­ments here, and in the friendl/ feeling existing between the races. I know the members of your bowed personally and 1 know that it » the intentioD of ea<k one of them to do the right thifi^; Uierefore, I am sim|dy writisg t|is as an appeid to you to cess* plet« Whitted-WipoL /, 'IJ. “There may'lbe also a 'reason fwr tUs. The Nerttr Caro- <- lina College for Negroea ^choo^ in ita iauaediate which will serve as a ptrfdiett liehool ^or the teachers wa aresendi% oat;**____

^ teleinHB a n t by ]ir. .with tite hiaa^

lo make ^ mmit C«MBg|pa ai^iiii^it/" priatioii te the colored cWise* e#: Durham. • '.

As fa r as could he leaziMd *»> diy h e tt tiw -tetagrw ae4-<M»= t^r SMit h f Dr. 8hepard —A M»- S p au ^ ig b ro « |^ ae Of Bdnd hi the povair «the educational »arstata o f BMS, hWB, -

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